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Jan., 30, 1951 H, A, WESTBERG 2,539,803

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Filed oet. 14, 1948 VIM )fil/14W Patented Jan. 30,1951

YUNrrro STATES; PATENT OFFICE Referring to the accompanying drawings',

wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the severalviews:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary View in perspective of my novel hanger bracketas applied to the hinge of a conventional door;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary View in side elevation of the structureillustrated in Fig. 1, some parts being broken away and some parts shownin section;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail in section taken substantially on theline 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the head element of my hangerbracket;

Fig. 5 is a view corresponding substantially to Fig. 2, but showing amodified form of the invention; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary section taken substantially on the line I-I ofFig.`5.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 to l, inclusive, of the drawings, thenumeral I indicates a head, preferably formed from wood or othersuitable material and provided at one side thereof with a U-shapedchannel 2, which is roughly of a size to snugly receive therein aportion of the pintle eye of a conventional door hinge.

Extending through the upper portion of the head I is a cylindricalpassage 3, the axis of which intersects the transverse center of channel2. A hanger bar 4 is rigidly secured within the passage 3 by glue orother suitable means and has its inner end terminating in closeproximity adjacent the upper end of the channel 2. As shown, the innerend of the hanger bar 4 is provided with a transverse bore 5 .whichcommunicates with a pair of diametrically opposed grooves 6 in thepassage 3. An anchoring member 8 in the nature of a flexible resilientmetallic band is bent to form a loop 9, which projects transverselyoutwardly of the upper end portion of the channel 2 and is generallyconcentric therewith. The opposite inner ends of the band 8 are shown asextending into the opposed grooves 5 and have inturned ears I whichextend into the opposite ends of the bore 5 in the hanger rod 4.

In assembling the above described arrangement of parts, the hanger rod 4is but partially inserted into passage 3 with the bore 5 thereofprojecting laterally outwardly therefrom in the direction of the channel2. The band 8 is then bent so that the opposed ears It are receivedwithin the bore 5 and the rod 4 moves to the position of Fig. 3k withthe sides of the band 8 snugly received within the grooves 6, in whichposition the hanger rod i is made fast within the head I.

It should be obvious that the extent to which the inner end of thehanger rod 4 is moved inwardly from the channel 2, determines thediameter of the loop 9. Said loop 9, as indicated, is adapted to bereceived over the headed end II of a pintle pin I2, which isconventionally received in the pintle eye I3 formed by the alignedstaggered looped portions of hinge leaves I4 of a conventional hinge.

Preferably, and as shown, one corner of the otherwise rectangular head Iis cut away, as indicated at I5, to provide a surface into which isscrewed or otherwise anchored a garment supporting hook I6, whichunderlies the hanger rod fi. It should be obvious from the above that mynovel clothes hanging device may be applied to a conventional hingemember by dropping the loop 9 over the headed end II of a conventionalhinge structure and allowing the hinge eye portion i3 thereof to bereceived within the arcuate channel 2 under the action of gravity. Thuswhen so positioned, the device is not only capable of supportingconsiderable weight, but is allowed some considerable swinging movementsabout the axis of the hinge eye.

In the modified form illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, the head whichpreferably is of the same general shape and design, is indicated by thenumeral Il, and the hanger rod by the numeral I8. As shown, the hangerrod I8 has its inner end snugly received within an outwardly openingrecess I9, which recess I9 is aligned with another recess 20, whichopens into one end portion of a hinge eye receiving channel 2i. RecessesI9 and 20 are connected within the head I1 by a reduced aperture 22which is coaxial therewith.

An anchoring member preferably and as shown in the nature of a flexibleresilient metallic band 23 is shown as having its intermediate portionformed to provide a loop 24 adapted to be inserted over the headed endII of a hinge pin I2 and has its inner ends overlapped within the recess20, as indicated at 25. The overlapped inner ends 25 of the anchoringmember 23 are provided with aligned perforations through which isadapted to extend a screw 26, the headed end 2'! of which is within therecess 20. As shown, the screw 26 has threaded engagement with the innerend of hanger rod I8 within the recess I9. By this arrangement, not onlyis the inner end of the hanger bar I8 held fast within the recess I9,but also the diameter of the anchoring loop 24 may be varied by axialmovements of the screw 26 with respect to the hanger rod I8.

While I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and a singlemodification thereof, it should be obvious that other modifications,such as the addition of a plurality of hanger rods to a single head, maybe provided without departure from the scope and spirit of the inventionas defined in the claim.

What I claim is:

In a device of the class described, a head having a laterally outwardlyopening channel in one side thereof adapted to snugly receive a portionof the pintle eye of a hinge, said head having axially aligned recessesin opposite sides thereof and a coaxial aperture connecting saidrecesses, one of said recesses opening into said channel adjacent one ofits ends, a flexible loop forming band projecting transversely outwardlyof onel .4 end portion of said channel, the axis of said loop beingparallel to the longitudinal plane of said channel, said loop beingpositioned to receive the headed end of the pintle pin when the hingeeye is received within said channel, said anchoring band havingoverlapping perforate ends extending into the recess adjacent saidchannel, a hanger rod seated within the other of said recesses, a headedscrew extending through the aligned perforations of said anchoring bandand through said aperture into the inner end portion of said hanger rod,whereby axial movement of said screw will vary the size of saidanchoring loop.

HILDING A. WESTBERG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,090,929 McFaddin e- Mar. 24,1914 1,208,986 Krodel Dec, 19, 1916 1,751,691 Flath Mar. 25, 1930

